Apple plans larger phones, no plastic exteriors: WSJ

3:18 PM,
Jan. 23, 2014

Shia LaBeouf poses for an iPhone photo at Sundance Film Festival in January 2013.

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Apple plans to launch two larger iPhones this year and will likely avoid using the plastic exterior design of last year's 5c model which has not sold as well as expected, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

Apple is developing an iPhone with a display larger than 4.5 inches measured diagonally, and a second version with a screen bigger than 5 inches, the newspaper said.

Both new models are expected to feature metal casings similar to what is used on the current iPhone 5s. Apple is expected to scrap the plastic exterior used on the iPhone 5c, the Journal added, citing unidentified people ...